A 23-year-old man from central Alberta is facing more than a dozen charges stemming from a violent series of events last month in Wetaskiwin.

Ryan Jake Applegarth, 27, is wanted in connection to a Jan. 3 homicide in Wetaskiwin, where a 34-year-old man was found dead by RCMP.

The RCMP Major Crimes Unit has been called in to assist after a 34-year-old man was found dead Friday night in Wetaskiwin. 

An autopsy confirmed a 40-year-old man found dead on a country road near Wetaskiwin was the victim of a homicide, RCMP said.

In a release on Friday, police said a man called them at around 11:50 a.m. saying his vehicle was stolen by two men and a woman half an hour earlier.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 16-year-old boy in Wetaskiwin late last week.